Board of Directors

Chair of the Board since 2018 and board member since 2017. Member of the People & Compensation Committee.
Birger Steen is General Manager of NORSAR, a Norway based not-for-profit applying seismology, IoT and data science to the monitoring of global compliance with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, as well as other applications. Over the last 30 years, he has served in leadership roles in the technology sector, including as SVP at Schibsted ASA, CEO of Scandinavia Online AB (publ.), Vice President at Microsoft Corp., CEO of Parallels, Inc. Thematic Partner at Summa Equity and CEO of Freyr Battery, Inc. He holds an MSc from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, an MBA from INSEAD, and is a graduate of the Norwegian Defense School of Intelligence. Birger has also held non-exec positions at Pagero AB (Chair), Nordea Bank Abp (Chair of Operations Committee), Schibsted ASA, Cognite AS, and PragmatIC Semiconductor Ltd.

Holdings in the company: 270 907 shares

Board member since 2017. Chair of Sustainability Committee. Member of the Audit Committee.
Inger Berg Ørstavik is a professor at the Department of Private Law, University of Oslo. She has previously been a partner at the law firm Schjødt AS and a lawyer at the office of the Attorney General for Civil Affairs. Mrs. Ørstavik has a law degree from the University of Oslo, a Ll.M. from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Germany, and a Ph.D. from the University of Oslo in the areas of intellectual property law and competition law. She has taught international human rights law at Fudan University in Shanghai, China where she resided from 2005 to 2009. Mrs. Ørstavik has previously served as a Non-Executive Director of REC Silicon ASA.

Holdings in the company: 7 283 shares

Board member since 2019. Chair of the Audit Committee.
Anita Huun is an experienced business executive and currently serves as an Asset Manager at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet). Previously, she was the Commercial Director and CFO for Techstep. Huun has more than 20 years of experience in finance, capital markets, and management. Prior to joining Techstep, she served as the CFO of Cappelen Damm, a Norwegian publishing company, and CFO for Microsoft Norway. Huun's capital market experience comes from her years as an equity analyst, covering the Norwegian IT sector, for Handelsbanken Capital Markets. Furthermore, she has board experience from Link Mobility until it was acquired by Abry Partners. She holds an MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a specialization in Finance.

Holdings in the company: 14 683 shares

Board member since 2023.
Snorre Kjesbu is currently Senior Vice President & General Manager of Cisco Collaboration Devices. He is a global citizen leading a worldwide organization responsible for the collaboration devices business ranging from IP phones to immersive video systems. Prior to his return to Cisco, Kjesbu was Executive VP of Design, Creation and Fulfillment at BANG & OLUFSEN in Copenhagen. His résumé also includes SVP at Tandberg and being responsible for R&D on wireless communication at ABB. Kjesbu holds a Master of Science from the University of Bristol and has been a guest lecturer at the Stanford Network Research Center in Stanford University.

Holdings in the company: 7 425 shares.

Board member since 2019. Chair of the People & Compensation Committee. Member of the Sustainability Committee.
Annastiina Hintsa is the CEO of Hintsa Performance in Finland, a company focusing on enhancing the performance and leadership of client companies, best known for working with Formula 1 teams. Ms. Hintsa also has experience at McKinsey & Co. and at the Bank of Finland.

Holdings in the company: 5 683 shares

Board member since 2024.
Dieter May is a German business executive with more than 30 years' experience in high-tech industries, spanning mobile products, large-scale cloud-based consumer services, semiconductor technology. He is currently a non-executive board member at Isorg and non-executive director at Nanoco Technologies, Ltd. His 30 years of leadership and board experience in the tech sector includes roles as Chairman of the Board and CEO at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, SVP Digital Products and Services at BMW Group, SVP Mobile Phone Services at Nokia, and VP & GM Discrete Semiconductors at Infineon Technologies. He holds a Master of Electrical Engineering from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Holdings in the company: 6 264 shares.

Board member since 2024.
Helmut Gassel is a seasoned and experienced semiconductor executive with more than 30 years in the industry. He is currently Co-founder & Partner at Silian Partners SA. He held several leadership positions during his 27 year tenure at Infineon Technologies, including Board Member, Chief Marketing Officer - Member of the Management Board, Division President. Mr. Gassel received his degree as Dr.-Ing. Electrical Engineering at University of Duisburg-Essen and Diploma in physics from Ruhr University Bochum.

Holdings in the company: 764 shares.

Board member since 2022. Member of the Sustainability Committee.
Anja Dekens joined Nordic in 2014 and is currently working as a Project Manager. Prior to this role, she worked as a Hardware Designer in IC development and led the Digital Design Discipline team, which is responsible for the methodology used by all digital designers at Nordic. Anja studied Electrical Engineering at Karlsruhe University in Germany and NTNU in Trondheim, and holds a PhD from the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

Holdings in the company: 570 shares and 1 697 RSUs and 750 performance shares

Board member since 2017.
Jon Helge Nistad has a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from NTNU in Trondheim. Jon Helge has been employed in Nordic Semiconductor since 2006, where he has gained experience in application development, embedded software design and project management. He is currently working as a senior engineering manager in Long Range BU Customer Success in Nordic Semiconductor.

Holdings in the company: 958 shares and 1 623 RSUs and 250 performance shares

Board member since 2019. Member of the People & Compensation Committee.
Morten Dammen has a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from NTNU in Trondheim. Morten has been employed in Nordic Semiconductor since 2001, with a seven-year break between 2007 and 2014. Morten is currently working as a Procurement Director. Previously, Morten worked as a Group Manager in R&D. Morten has also been working in Q-Free ASA for 10 years, in several positions from project management and team management to VP R&D.

Holdings in the company: 2 507 shares and 2 239 RSUs and 250 performance shares

Board member since 2024.
Monika Lie Larsen has close to 30 years of experience from various parts of the software industry, and has been with Nordic Semiconductor since 2016. As a Principal Project Manager, she is currently leading Nordic’s Bluetooth LE protocol software development. She has previously worked for Q-Free ASA and held a position as employee elected board member there. Monika has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and also a Master of Management, both from NTNU, Trondheim.

Holdings in the company: 1 051 shares and 1 821 RSUs and 250 performance shares

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